Bloodsport (comics)

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caption =Panel from "Adventures of Superman" #507 of Bloodsport aka Alex Trent.
character_name =Bloodsport
publisher =DC Comics
debut =(DuBois)
"Superman" vol. 2, #4 (April 1987)
(Trent)
"Adventures of Superman" #506 (November 1993)
creators =
alter_ego =- Robert DuBois
- Alex Trent
- Unnamed
alliances =Aryan Brotherhood
aliases =
supports=
powers=(All)
Access to high tech weaponry in a warehouse by using a teleportation device.|

Bloodsport is the name of three DC Comics supervillains, they are enemies of Superman.

Alter egos

Robert DuBois

First appearing in "Superman" Vol. 2 #4 (April 1987). An African-American man named Robert DuBois has a mental breakdown and becomes obsessed with the Vietnam War, after learning that his brother, Michael aka "Micky" had gone to fight in his place and became a quadruple amputee. [Cite comic | Writer = Byrne, John | Penciller = Byrne, John | Inker = Kesel, Karl | story = Bloodsport! | Title = Superman | Volume = 2 | Issue = 4 | Date = April, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 22] An agent of Lex Luthor persuades DuBois that Superman is the enemy and supplies DuBois with a teleporter and weapons including bullets made from kryptonite. [Cite comic | Writer = Byrne, John | Penciller = Byrne, John | Inker = Kesel, Karl | story = Bloodsport! | Title = Superman | Volume = 2 | Issue = 4 | Date = April, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 13] DuBois adopts the name Bloodsport, rampaging through Metropolis, and injures Superman with the kryptonite bullets before collapsing when confronted by his brother.Citation | last = Wallace | first = Dan | author-link = | contribution = Bloodsport | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 56 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = London | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5]

Alex Trent

Alex Trent is a fanatical racist, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist group that Perry White and Franklin Stern encountered when they were younger. He adopts the name Bloodsport, ironically used previously by an African American. He also has a similar teleporter grafted into his body, which he can likewise use to summon weapons. He is captured by Superman after Ron Troupe destroys the warehouse from which he was teleporting his weapons.

Some time later, in an effort to provide an outlet for rising tensions at Stryker's Island Prison, a boxing match between the two Bloodsports is organized. Trent is able to activate his teleporter, and bring in weaponry. In the resulting confusion, DuBois is killed while trying to escape. Trent is later burned in his prison cell by the Brotherhood for showing weakness in front of DuBois.

The teleporter technology has since been used by the anti-corporate vigilante Demolitia.

Unnamed

A new Bloodsport has recently appeared in Superman comics, teaming up with Hellgrammite and Riot, but little has been revealed about him thus far.

One Year Later

Bloodsport is seen among the captured villains in "Salvation Run".

Other media

In the "Justice League Unlimited" animated series, Bloodsport (Robert DuBois) appears at Roulette's Meta-Brawl fighting Electrocutioner. He later appears as a member of the Secret Society, but is killed off-screen during JLU's series finale. [cite web |url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/jlu/bios/bloodsport |title=World's Finest Online - Justice League Unlimited: Bloodsport |accessdate=2008-09-26 ]

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